Social Life Cycle Assessment An Insight /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Muthu, Subramanian Senthilkannan (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes,
• Subjects: Environment.; Production management.; Industrial engineering.; Production engineering.; Environmental management.; Sustainable development.; Social policy.; Environmental Management.; Industrial and Production Engineering.; Social Policy.; Operations Management.; Sustainable Development.
• Physical Description: IX, 252 p. 20 illus. online resource.
• ISBN: 9789812872968
• ISSN: 2345-7651

This book details the primary concepts of Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA), integration of social aspects in product life cycles, quantification of social impacts in S-LCA, impact categorization in S-LCA, methodological aspects of S-LCA, and detailed case studies. As the societal implications of producing a product are coming to take on a new importance, the concept of Social Life Cycle Assessment has recently been developed and is becoming increasingly prominent. However, S-LCA is still in its infancy and its impact categories for many industrial segments are still under development.